Hackathon news stories

Global cybersecurity provider Secureworks is hopes growing digital literacy will also boost interest in the field

Technology company Progress has announced the winners of its six-week global hackathon, The Worthy Web.

The event saw 650 participants, 150 judges and 75 volunteers gather across Australia and internationally via a virtual platform, to generate new leads for national missing person cases on behalf of Australian police.

"We want to make Australia the best place in the world for women to build and scale a startup. #SheHacks is the perfect starting point for any woman wanting to create something great."

VMware’s vFORUM Singapore has created new possibilities for the Association for Persons With Special Needs, a social service agency that provides education for people with mild intellectual disabilities.

"Kiwis are world famous innovators and this was very evident at the hackfest - ideas flew, solutions were created and we had a lot of fun."

“Innovative thinking & a deep understanding of what drives people are what give technology solutions substance," says Datacom Group CEO Greg Davidson.

BizDojo Wellington played host to a charity hackathon last month, which brought together four NPOs to help them build digital solutions for their busi

Two local teams that recently travelled to France as part of the global ActInSpace semi-final event in Toulouse recently.

The DIGMYIDEA Māori Innovation Challenge is now open, with the competition calling on budding Māori digital entrepreneurs to put their ideas forward.

WaiWatch was announced the overall winner for their innovative solution to the problem of inefficient and high volume residential water use.

Developers, tech experts and people with engineering or transport backgrounds will come together with to improve the public transport system.

China’s biggest hacker community has launched its 2018 Global Hackathon Programme and plans to expand it across Asia, India, the UK and Europe.

Pycom is having the worldwide launch of their new FiPy development board that supports five different Internet of Things wireless protocols.

“We know the world is heading toward a major food supply crisis..."

The November hackathon will see teams create crop production solutions for the inhospitable Mars conditions.

“In this environment, you are free to try a completely different approach to a problem that you may not want to risk in the real world.”

The first prize went to Team Happy Life for charity Child Matters which provides adult training to help prevent child abuse.

Kiwi school children all over the country will play a part in setting a new world record this Tuesday - to get the most kids coding in 24 hours.

“It’s fantastic to see an event that harnesses advancement in tech and shines light on the opportunities that New Zealanders have to get involved."

The event was held in in association with Telstra and Amazon Web Services and aimed at developing public safety-based apps.